tear1469
-
Posts
25 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Posts posted by tear1469
-
-
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
We're waiting for snow here as well. I was just talking to my kids and husband about a float trip when it warms up and now we're talking snow. The weather is crazy this year.
-
I hope I can keep remembering to do this, I would love a BF t-shirt
-
I managed to remember again. Hopefully can keep this up. I'd love a t-shirt.
-
1
-
-
I finally remembered. YAY!!!
-
This sounds like fun, hopefully life doesn't get in the way and I remember to post. I'd love to have a BF shirt.
-
Honestly I think it depends on where you are going and the maturity level of the child. I took my daughter with me when she was ten. That was when all the sales were on Friday morning. She was great, she loves BF shopping and has gone with me every year since, she's 23 now. This will be the first year we can't go together. She's in AIT training for the Army National Guard. I'm definitely going to miss shopping with her this year. My 2 boys on the other hand I didn't take til they were 15 and they never want to go again. Taking a baby out definitely needs a plan and you sound like you have a good one. Just use common sense and if it gets to be to much go home.
-
1
-
-
Tornado by Little Big Town
-
-
I have a serious question to ask everyone. In the past few years, we've noticed that stores are opening earlier and earlier, most now on Thanksgiving evening instead of Friday morning, but my question is how likely are you going to take time away from your families to save what doesn't appear to be a decent amount of money anymore? I don't want a dragged out explanation, if possible, but I'm just curious if everyone is feeling like last year was a waste of time.
Also, what seems to be the must have items this year? What is it that everyone really wants that you would be willing to fight the crowds, lines and endless grouchy people to obtain it?
Thanks!
(My family and I are discussing whether or not we're going to bother with shopping this year because we hated the need to be at the stores during dinner, which was our normal time for eating our big meal. In order to get to the sales last year, some of our family members arrived too late from their drive to be able to eat with us and relax before we had to rush out the door and most of the sales were not good enough or the supply was not adequate to make all the hassle worth it.)
I cook dinner almost entirely by myself, (my husband makes an apple pie and my daughter makes deviled eggs, my son makes a cheesecake) We spend the entire day together, me cooking and them trying to steal any food they can from the kitchen. Dinner is usually done around 4 and then whom ever doesn't want to shop cleans up dinner while my daughter and I go to Gordmans and sometimes Kmart, my parents go to Walmart and Shopko, my sister goes to Target and Menards, and my aunt goes to JCP and Macys. I do most of the shopping online. I hate the thanksgiving hours but the way we split up the stores we are usually back home within 2-3 hours, and if the deals aren't worth it we don't go. This year I am pretty sure I will be hitting Kmart if no where else because my daughter and my little brother are both graduating college in May and will be needing the $3-5 appliances for their new homes.
-
My 22 year old daughter sent me a text last night saying "mom, I found the most amazing thing! There's a website called Gottadeal, THEY ALREADY HAVE BLACK FRIDAY ADS POSTED! You have to check it out." I was thinking, where were you the last 4 or 5 years, on Mars? So my reply was "yea I know" and she texts back with "Why are you always ahead of me?" This is the child that has shopped with me online and in stores since she was 13 and now she pays attention.
-
4
-
-
1. I've been shopping BF since I was 12 so that would be 28 years now.
2. I plan to spend about that same this year.
3. I plan to do a lot of the shopping online.
4. There are 7 people I will be shopping with.
5.I wish the stores had enough cashiers to handle the amount of shoppers.
-
I think some of my best memories are having breakfast with my daughter after shopping. We spend half the night grabbing deals online, then run through half a dozen stores but we take our time and visit once we get to breakfast.
But my favorite was 3 years ago at Gordmans. The line was so long and moving so slow, I was ready to say forget it and leave. We ended up being in line for almost and hour and a half. My daughter knowing me pretty well figured out I was getting annoyed and says I'll be right back. The next thing I know my 18 year old is wearing a weird animal hat and carrying an umbrella singing Mary Poppins songs. I'm assuming she was wanting the gifts in the cart that she knew were for her because she continued to sing and do stand up comedy the entire time we were in line. She randomly ran up and down the aisle and did infomercials on items she had no interest in. It was kind of crazy but hilarious. At one point I left her with the cart and ran for a restroom break, when I got back the lady behind me hugged me and said I just love your daughter, I'd have left an hour ago if it wasn't for her. She had half the line cracking up and everyone around us was in pretty good spirits when we left.
The worst memory would have to be the first time I took my daughter BF shopping. She was 12, we went to NFM to get my husband a TV for Christmas. We didn't even get all the way inside the door. We got to the doorway and I grabbed her by the back of the coat to stop her from going in and we left. People climbed a stack of TV's and were trying to throw them to whomever was with them. I was afraid she'd get bashed in the head with one.
-
3
-
-
I ordered these for my college kids. I thought it might make things easier this winter
-
None, I've been trying to win one, but saving every dime for black Friday shopping. One of these years I'll get one.
-
I use am combination of cash, debit, and credit depending on whether I'm shopping in store or online. I use the Target card to shop online for target because it offers 5% off and free shipping then pay it off as soon at it posts. I will use debit mostly as I prefer to shop mostly online, and then cash for any in store purchases.
-
1. Saved all my money for BF. Welcome to my new home.
2. Who needs a conga line when you can have a TV train.
3. DONUTS!!
-
Walgreens 10/15
-
I would love to get the Samsung 55" Ultra HDTV for 899.99 from BestBuy for my husband. $899.99
And 4 Air Hog R/C Zero Gravity Laser Racers for $25 each at Target one for each of my kids. $100.00
For a grand total of $999.99
-
I went to 3 walgreens, 2 cvs and a toys r us today and none of them had any teacup piggies except toys r us and they only had the $30 playsets with the piggy and some without the piggy but none of the piggies alone.
-
Check your nearest walgreens. I bought locket and snowflake at Walgreen's in Lee's Summit, MO, they had lots of different ones. They were on the top shelf, I never would have saw them if I didn't ask.
I'll try Walgreens while I'm out tomorrow, I'm going to try Toys R Us again too. Last year when I was looking for Zhu Zhu pets one of their employees told me their trucks come in on Thursday so I'll try both tomorrow, thanks.
-
I found the Teacup Piggy Locket at Toys R Us in Independence MO. It was the only one of Locket they had, there were still 3 Goldies when I left. Now I just have to find Denim and Glitter for my nieces. I knew my niece wanted one, but my brother-in-law just emailed me his kids Christmas list and on the top of his daughters list is a Teacup Piggy. So I guess I'll be piggy hunting a bit longer.
-
My daughter wants all of the squinkies. She got sick last week and I had to go to Walmart at 3 A.M. for childrens motrin and they were just stocking the squinkies, I bought the whole set for her. So I was thinking I did good and got the hard stuff out of the way and she told me yesterday she wanted one of the teacup piggies. There are none in the Kansas City area and all the ones online start at $30. If they become as hard to come by as the zhu zhu pets did last year Toys R Us will have members only sales for them, but they like to do those at 6 A.M. on a Saturday or 2 P.M. during the week to make it difficult for people and they will limit it to one piggy per member. Hope this helps. Personally I'm not looking forward to two 6 A.M. trips to Toys R Us but my niece wants one to and my sister lives a hour and half from the closest Toys R Us.
-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Any of you employees that can hog tie line jumpers like you hog tied the carts gets a bonus!
2. 3:00 A.M. sidewalk party, no wives, no kids, lets do this every Friday.
3. I don't know who told you all that the sale was here but you need to move 3 blocks down.
-
I would spend it all at Kmart.
Nintendo DSi Bundle w/ 5 Video Games $169.99
Littlest Pet Shop Around the World $19.99
Sylvania 7" Portable DVD Player $49.99
Route 66 Kids Graphic Tees $2.99
Wireless Gear Bluetooth Headset $7.99
Samsung SL40 3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera $79.99
Astounding Magic Set w/ DVD $11.99
Crayola Glow Dome $18.99
Crayola Color Wonder Magic Light Brush $17.99
Delstar 7" Wireless Netbook w/ Windows CE $119.99
Total $499.90
Discuss Black Friday and Win Prizes [Winners Posted]
in 2018
Posted